The New York Times Crossword
Across
1 English guy
5 Partner in indecision with 5-Down Alternative to pavement What leads many people to say, “Let’s face it”? Spanish greeting
G.I.’s address California’s motto
Like a truck descending a steep hill Sources of Manchego cheese
How polka bands get their start?
Org. with an annual Help a Horse Day
Big suit Harvard University Press’s ____ Classical Library Hundredths: Abbr. Pontiff ’s gold treasure? Performed creditably Word with store or sign
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Like powwows Register things Star bursts Summer hat Enthrones Query about the Freedom Caucus or Berniecrats? Noted beautycontest loser Most remote of the Near Islands Irish port, county or bay “Shame!” Sushi eel Improvised Some refuges Figure in Jewish folklore 8 14 19
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131 132 133 Like some factories ... or, in a different sense, like 90-, 109- and 119-Across (but not 24-, 32- and 53-Across)? Potentially unhelpful answer to “Who’s there?” Speed
The 21st Amendment, e.g. Biblical spy Wonder Dutch cheese Pas sans Awestruck Nickname for a hard-to-please girl?
Room to maneuver Certifiable, so to speak Bygone office position Unctuousness White part of pearly whites Offshore sight, maybe Vexes Arabic name that sounds like a polite affirmative Data maintained by competitive dentists? Envelope abbr. That’s right! Italian article Intentionally lost Speakers’ searches for just the right words? Halliburton of the Halliburton Company Buckwheat cereal Restroom sign Antidiscriminatory abbr.
Iago or Othello It notably has two bridges Bleachers
“x” in 5x = x2 ÷ 2 Tit for tat? Down
1 Shoddy
2 “Alas!”
3 War-torn Syrian city Philosophical argument for belief in God Partner in indecision with 5-Across Connoisseur of food and drink One might be found near a cloverleaf Modern prefix with tag Series
Word with you but not me
Main ingredient in Wiener schnitzel Kitchenware brand
Like corsets Russian “peace” Terminus Online enticement Codger Botanical bristles Evidence left by a moth
Dead reckoning? ____ Alcorn, creator of Pong Wood for a raft “And who ____?” Texter’s transition
St. Petersburg’s river Unduly harsh Has a 42-Down See 41-Down ____ Lee, singer with the 2011 No. 1 album “Mission Bell”
All limbs Audit a class, say
Move slowly (along)
City near the Sierras What comes before “B”? 4 5 6 7 8
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Brief swim Protective sorts showbiz Fervor
Some runoff sites
BBQ side What can go before watt Rare success story from the dot-com bubble
More pulchritudinous Beau’s girl ____-Dixie (grocery chain)
It’s not as simple as a), b), c) “Go ahead!” Italian wine city Trolley sound Bee, e.g. Introvert’s focus Cross inscription Seethe
Max at the MoMA
Sea cow Need for a model Flowering herb also known as devil’s nettle Woman’s name that means “star” Banisters
Not loose, as a diamond
4-0 series, say Some refuges Like panang curry
“Git!”
“I did it!”
It fits in a lock Architect Maya Mathematician’s 116-Down Inits. before many state names Jesus Christ, with “the” in
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